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LINCOLN DIORAMA Lincoln had prepared a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in July, 1862. On the advice of his Cabinet, its release to the public was postponed until five days after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam on September 17. The Cabinet members present listen to Lincoln as he reads. The final proclamation was signed by the President on January 1, 1863. On that afternoon, when Lincoln sat at his desk with pen in hand, he said, "I never, in my life have felt more certain that I was doing right, that I do in signing this paper."
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CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, 1862
LINCOLN DIORAMA Lincoln had prepared a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in July, 1862. On the advice of his Cabinet, its release to the public was postponed until five days after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam on September 17. The Cabinet members present listen to Lincoln as he reads. The final proclamation was signed by the President on January 1, 1863. On that afternoon, when Lincoln sat at his desk with pen in hand, he said, "I never, in my life have felt more certain that I was doing right, that I do in signing this paper."
Publisher: Curt Teich Co. (American, 1893–1974)
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2014.9463
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: 4B188-N
Back: divided. Mint.
GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T.PHOTO-COTE"POST CARD (REG.U.S.PAT.OFF.)
Back: divided. Mint.
GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T.PHOTO-COTE"POST CARD (REG.U.S.PAT.OFF.)
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)